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  1. Sockets on The Challenge of Cross-Language Interoperability · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Use sockets. In majority of cases the performance is more than good enough, especially if designed properly, and you get network transparency "for free".
    Sure there are cases where sockets are not appropriate, but IMHO they are far too seldom used.

  2. Re:To hire specific people on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Tech Job Requirements So Specific? · · Score: 1

    True, but stupid. Usually the training would take less time than the hiring process.
    Besides, this is sure way to get rid of smart people.

  3. Re: To hire specific people on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Tech Job Requirements So Specific? · · Score: 2

    In Finland the law says that after layoffs company must hire the laid off people if they are suitable (during 9 months after the layoffs).
    This is one way to make sure the laid off are not "suitable". Or that only a specific (laid off) person is suitable.

  4. Re:Vegetarianism makes it a lot worse on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 4, Informative

    Utter bullshit.

    The fertility rate in Norway is below two, has been since 1970s and is likely to stay for the foreseeable future.

  5. Re:Capital Crime on Glut In Stolen Identities Forces Price Cut · · Score: 1

    How do you make secure authentication in banks?
    You do know people in UK refuse to have ID cards of any kind, therefore in bank a gas bill is considered "identification".
    In Finland a (very old) driving licence suffice - the picture usually is so bad as to pass if you look even a bit like.

    Banks are not always the culprit.

  6. Re:Media center on Raspberry Pi Hits the 2 Million Mark · · Score: 1

    I once tried DLNA as my blueray player claimed it could do it. What a piece of shit DLNA is, for example two clients won't play same content unless you are lucky (same format content with same settins in the DLNA server). Besides, the implementation was horribly broken.

    Now I use Rikomagic as my media player, and have Logitach remote keyboard. The Ricomagic is powered by USB from my amplifier. It also can do whatever Android can, e.g. I have installed some free net-tv applications into it.

  7. Re:Too little too late on How Big Companies Can Hamper the Surveillance Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    Yes. The provider in my country is better, even if some of our government agency would start spying. The changes of the information be used against me - industrial espionage - is much smaller.

  8. Re:Not all good on Scientist Seeks Investment For "Alcohol Substitute" · · Score: 1

    One of the things that cause people to curb their drinking is that morning after hangover

    No.
    If you're an alcoholic,

    I think the GPs point was, "if you are not alcoholic". You need to drink quite a lot before you are alcoholic and hangover really does stop, very effectively, your drinking. It is not enough to prevent you from becoming an alcoholic, but it is one deterrent.

  9. Re:What does AT&T get in return? on CIA Pays AT&T Millions To Voluntarily Provide Call Data · · Score: 1

    Information from CIA performed industrial espionage?

  10. Re:Two billion bucks... on Microsoft Makes an Astonishing $2 Billion Per Year From Android Patent Royalties · · Score: 1

    incorrect moderation, sorry ..

  11. Re:Radiated power? on High-Gain Patch Antennas Boost Wi-Fi Capacity In Crowded Lecture Halls · · Score: 1

    Good point, I didn't think of interference at all, never have had to deal with it myself.

  12. Re:Radiated power? on High-Gain Patch Antennas Boost Wi-Fi Capacity In Crowded Lecture Halls · · Score: 1

    With the antennas mentioned in the article, I agree.
    But for an example with +30dB antenna you could burn yourself. 1W +30dB is on the same ballpark as UNSHIELDED 1kW microwave oven.
    Sure, 30dB antenna is difficult to make, but 1W with 20dB should stay illegal.

  13. Radiated power? on High-Gain Patch Antennas Boost Wi-Fi Capacity In Crowded Lecture Halls · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Europe we limit the maximum radiated power (EIRP). This means you'd have to drop TX power and the directional antenna helps on RX only. Still might be worthwhile.
    Although there is ample proof that WiFi don't have health issues, I still want to limit the EIRP. But to what level, I do not know. I think directional antennas currently have too strict a limit - you are not supposed to be standing next to a directional antenna anyway. OTOH people hardly understand what a 20dB antenna does (in TX).

  14. Re:Capitalism. on Snowden Publishes "A Manifesto For the Truth" · · Score: 2

    Practical capitalism without fascism is as easy as practical communism without fascism.
    In essense, capitalist believes "free market" or competition is best, communist believes a bunch of smart people, i.e. government, deciding for everybody is best and fascist believes an oligarchy he is in is best. All of them are horribly wrong, of course.

  15. Re:Yes, it is needed. on Linux 3.12 Released, Linus Proposes Bug Fix-Only 4.0 · · Score: 1

    All projects slowly accumulate those hard-to-fix bugs, or the "maybe later" bugs, or the "not interesting right now", bugs.

    No, "all" projects certainly does not.
    Besides, "everybody does it" is a lame excuse.

  16. Re:Here is a thought.. on HealthCare.gov: What Went Wrong? · · Score: 1

    And abuse? That is scary.

  17. Re:Really? on GCHQ, European Spy Agencies Cooperate On Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Ordinary citizens aren't the enemy, but the enemy typically hides among them.

    Bullshit. This have never been true, not for Stasi, not earlier, not now. They are harrasing innocent people meaning they do consider them (potential) enemies.

  18. Re:There are other applications on GPUs Keep Getting Faster, But Your Eyes Can't Tell · · Score: 1

    I would love to get 24" display with better resolution than 1920x1200, but they do not exist. 27" is too big for my desk.

  19. Re:Why does Japan's constitution prevent surveilla on Japan Refused To Help NSA Tap Asia's Internet · · Score: 1

    Maybe it is kinda "too much" reliance on the constitution? In Europe Quantanamo would not be possible, no matter whether "enemy combatants" are protected by constitution or law or whatnot - it is Just So Badly Against Human Rights that europeans would certainly vote for someone else. Obama would not have gotten second term.

    Americans seem to give a fuck for the humans there.

  20. Re:So what'll we do with half a trillion dollars? on Autonomous Cars Will Save Money and Lives · · Score: 2

    This is the lifestyle I want *you* to live as it decreases the changes you drive over me.
    Go drive in race tracks, not in city centers.

  21. Re: NSA App Ideas To Popularize Spying and Big Dat on NSA App Ideas To Popularize Spying and Big Data · · Score: 1

    You do remember that "war on terrorism" is not enough, we need "war on everything" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0w0JBpcMA

  22. Re:DOH. Because China's most likely to get screwed on China's State Press Calls For 'Building a De-Americanized World' · · Score: 1

    As I foreigner - don't worry, I have my pop corn ready. It will be the Biggest Most Amazing Party ever.
    Although I will lose everything I own due to it, it is still going to be fun to watch how in the USA they still just blame R v.s. D while everything spirals down the drain.

  23. Re:At what scope of time or size of output data? on Linux RNG May Be Insecure After All · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your attitude is exactly what is wrong with security. Quite a few still use MD5 because "it is not that broken". Linus really should take a look in this new provably better method and adapt it ASAP and not wait until it bites hard.

  24. Re:Renesas Mobile on Broadcom Laying Off LTE and Modem Design Employees · · Score: 2

    There are layoffs in the "remains of the Renesas" too, just now.

    Broadcom had bought some other company whose name I cannot remember to do the LTE but found out that by buying Renesas Mobile they can get LTE faster. For example Renesas Mobile could demonstrate 300Mbit data link. Perhaps first in the world?

    The layoffs mentioned in the article seems to be in the "old" LTE team.

  25. Re:the shaft on Broadcom Laying Off LTE and Modem Design Employees · · Score: 1

    Renesas is. But Renesas Mobile, which they really bought, is in a way a Finnish company as most workers are Finns. Renesas bought Wirelesss Modem division from Nokia back 2009.